FORM 20-F - Check Point

Our board of directors has determined that Messrs. Yoav Chelouche and Irwin Federman are “audit
committee financial experts” and that they are independent under the applicable Securities and Exchange
Commission and NASDAQ Global Select Market rules.
ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
In March 2004, our board of directors adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to all of our employees,
directors and officers, including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer
or controller and other individuals who perform similar functions. The Code of Ethics is updated from time to time.
You can obtain a copy of our Code of Ethics without charge, by sending a written request to our investor relations
department at Check Point Software Technologies Inc., Attn: Investor Relations, 800 Bridge Parkway, Redwood
City, California 94065 U.S.A; Tel: 650-628-2000; Email: ir@us.checkpoint.com.
ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Fees and Services
The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed to us for the audit and other services provided by
Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young (“E&Y”) during the years ended December 31, 2008
and 2009 (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31, 2008 Year Ended December 31, 2009
Amount Percentage Amount Percentage
(in thousands, except percentages)
Audit fees (1) ................................... $965 75% $864 81%
Audit-related fees ............................. - - - -
Tax fees (3) ...................................... 323 25% 198 19%
[All other fees (if any)]
Total ................................................. $1,288 100% $1,062 100%
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(1) “Audit fees” are fees for audit services for each of the years shown in this table, including fees associated with the annual
audit (including audit of our internal control over financial reporting) and reviews of our quarterly financial results
submitted on Form 6-K, consultations on various accounting issues and audit services provided in connection with other
statutory or regulatory filings.
(2) “Tax fees” are fees for professional services rendered by our auditors for tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice on
actual or contemplated transactions, tax consulting associated with international transfer prices and employee benefits.
Audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures
Our audit committee chooses and engages our independent auditors to audit our financial statements, with
the approval of our shareholders as required by Israeli law. In March 2004, our audit committee adopted a policy
requiring our management to obtain the audit committee’s approval before engaging our independent auditors to
provide any audit or permitted non-audit services to us or our subsidiaries. The policy was last amended in October
2004. This policy, which is designed to assure that such engagements do not impair the independence of our
auditors, requires pre-approval from the audit committee on an annual basis for the various audit and non-audit
services that may be performed by our auditors. In addition, the audit committee limited the aggregate amount of
fees our auditors may have received during 2008 and 2009, and may receive during 2010 for non-audit services in
certain categories.
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